Five lifeguards have been sacked over an AI system blunder after a five-year-old boy almost drowned in a public swimming pool.
Investigations are ongoing after an on-duty lifeguard rescued the unresponsive boy at the Waterlane Leisure Centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
It is understood that a drowning detection technology that is used to help lifeguards malfunctioned after it was blocked by a buoy on May 1.
A member of the public spotted the unresponsive boy underwater just after a swimming lesson.
The lifeguard dragged him to safety before giving him life-saving CPR at the scene – an ambulance then arrived to take him to the hospital.
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